tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462652.post115936101005284679..comments2017-03-06T15:57:35.878-05:00Comments on Conservative Beach Girl: America at WarBeach Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05210025685265415598noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462652.post-1159456978979751702006-09-28T11:22:00.000-04:002006-09-28T11:22:00.000-04:00"The UN Commander (Pakistani general) was upset he..."The UN Commander (Pakistani general) was upset he was not previously informed of the mission the US undertook."<BR/><BR/>Here are some things you may not have heard - <BR/><BR/>My ship, USS LaSalle, was sent to Karachi Pakistan for ten days so that we could spend money there. This was used as a 'goodwill' visit to Pakistan in order to try and help sway Pakistan to provide troops for Mogadishu. they actually kept track of how much money we spent in Karachi.<BR/><BR/>Karachi was in bad shape. Several of our crew got sick. I was diagnosed with a "mild" case of dysentery, thanks to me drinking mango juice from a glass at the Holiday Inn there. Karachi was also dangerous. The day we left there, a bomb went off on the pier. We left unscathed.<BR/><BR/>A month later, we were on scene at Mogadishu. The guy who got pissed off was General Hoar at MacDill AFB because two F-14's from the USS Ranger made first appearance over Mogadishu. This is not what Hoar wanted; so, he called Adm. Doug Katz, the COMUSNAVCENT battle group commander onboard our ship (we listened in on the conversation/ass-chewing). I never thought I'd hear so much yelling and cussing. The old "...From the sea" mentality was present at the time, and Hoar wanted the Marines to be first seen. That never happened, and from there, the whole operation in Mogadishu became a comedy of errors and it was all originated from inter-military politicking.<BR/><BR/>The movie is somewhat fact-based, but if we had everything in order that we should have had that day, those guys could have gotten rescued.<BR/><BR/>I was never in the thick of the fighting - I was on the ship working in Radio Central the day that it happened.Steve Harkonnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450852904074170507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462652.post-1159411641969712762006-09-27T22:47:00.000-04:002006-09-27T22:47:00.000-04:00I finally figured out how to place my e-mail on my...I finally figured out how to place my e-mail on my website.felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224101335289873693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462652.post-1159401091334797112006-09-27T19:51:00.000-04:002006-09-27T19:51:00.000-04:00Fellix, understand on the purpose of the Declarati...Fellix, understand on the purpose of the Declaration. Gotta cha. Yes, e-mail me and send whatever you like. Feels like the time has come and a mass of consent is building. Thank you, Felix. A mighty oak does from a tiny acorn grow.Beach Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05210025685265415598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462652.post-1159400644724969492006-09-27T19:44:00.000-04:002006-09-27T19:44:00.000-04:00Hi Beach Girl, I checked out Gates of Vienna post ...Hi Beach Girl, I checked out Gates of Vienna post you cited. You can use the Declaration of War Resolution if you want. Paste and copy. I will e-mail it to you later on.<BR/><BR/>The idea of the Declaration is not to get the US into more wars overseas, but to find a legal means to remove from the USA Radical Islamists. There are other advantages to the Declaration which I will write about.<BR/><BR/>I am developing of two other ideas:<BR/>1. outlaw mask wearing--like was done for the KKK during the 1920's.<BR/>2. Street Theater--to highight the lunacy and depravity of the radical islamist enemy and their sympathizers.felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224101335289873693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462652.post-1159383766913928302006-09-27T15:02:00.000-04:002006-09-27T15:02:00.000-04:00The movie Black Hawk Down is supposed to be a fact...The movie Black Hawk Down is supposed to be a factual based movie. During the time when US forces were being overwhelmed and the helicopters were downed, the US Army needed reinforcements and the US Commander had to go to the United Nations Commander to get these reinforcements. The UN Commander (Pakistani general) was upset he was not previously informed of the mission the US undertook. What I found interesting and shocking was that under the command of the United Nations was the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army. United States Army forces were under the command of a UN general and could not be called upon to reinforce US troops without the UN commander’s approval. An American, US Army, general could not order United States Army troops into battle as they were not under his control but under control of a foreign, non-American, commander.BobFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07502828034549480403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462652.post-1159372599518453422006-09-27T11:56:00.000-04:002006-09-27T11:56:00.000-04:00"American men and women in the military did not si..."American men and women in the military did not sign up to pledge alligance to the UN. It is an insult to them and an insult to us. Our defense dollars are providing the UN with a military which they are woefully unqualified to use."<BR/><BR/>Preceisely put. If more American military personnel paid heed to that, it's technically not in their enlistment contracts to do so. Signing up for a UN peacekeeping position, or getting orders to one, is technically in violation of that enlistment contract.Steve Harkonnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450852904074170507noreply@blogger.com